the client will put together message and pick the timestamp. technically you can sign for anytime.
but relays also have their own timestamp for when they saw the event I believe (outside nostr spec)
monlovesmango /
npub13s…saapa
2022-12-23 01:16:20
in reply to nevent1q…tv0q
Author Public Key
npub13sx6fp3pxq5rl70x0kyfmunyzaa9pzt5utltjm0p8xqyafndv95q3saapaPublished at
2022-12-23 01:16:20Event JSON
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"id": "ba75f3a2991a5dd581d79dd1bade4c8b513e0007b0d00673b92bffde7c47aea5",
"pubkey": "8c0da4862130283ff9e67d889df264177a508974e2feb96de139804ea66d6168",
"created_at": 1671758180,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"a4d3087c7437390819883e5040c7149e4ab334d77cfc7782a49d2be08d994105",
"wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social"
],
[
"e",
"cbc3101a5fe81772ddccffaaf86f358df86dbaa0d5ff16c06ef661215046546a",
"wss://nostr-pub.wellorder.net",
"root"
],
[
"client",
"astral"
]
],
"content": "the client will put together message and pick the timestamp. technically you can sign for anytime.\n\n\nbut relays also have their own timestamp for when they saw the event I believe (outside nostr spec)",
"sig": "325c548ccc5ee1ffb9bb1f144dad96a5d50b12ea6dd77f91086f0630740920b1eb3134d2a59fcc7f9cad2c0c9dc6e9827640bfcf72a3b1adba36560337b3976a"
}